"There is a touch of disappointment as we could have more points than we have.

"But I can't ask for more. If we'd know that after 10 games we would have been unbeaten and top of the division, we would have been incredibly delighted.

"We've drawn our last three games and points have slipped away; we should have won two of them.

"But being top is a reflection of how the players have performed. Overall, the levels of performance has been good but we've a lot of really good teams to play and the challenges will be never ending."

Cardiff boss Russell Slade:

"Brighton are a very good and very strong side and they deserve to be top.

"Last season I'm not sure if we would have eked out a result. We were not near our best and Brighton were very fluent, but we still hung in there so in a sense that is encouraging."

Joe Mason (left) scored his fifth goal of the season for the Bluebirds

Brighton's 100% record at home in the league this season came to an end

Russell Slade's Cardiff side are now two points off the Championship play-off places